OKLAHOMA CITY – In a battle of the two top teams in the Sooner Athletic Conference, the Mid-America Christian baseball team struggled to slow down the red hot bats of No. 5 Oklahoma City as the Evangels dropped the series opener by a score of (score) at Jim Wade Stadium on Thursday night.
 
Mid-America Christian vs. No. 5 Oklahoma City
SCORE

• Oklahoma City 11, Mid-America Christian 1
  • Mid-America Christian (20-7, 8-2 SAC)
  • Oklahoma City (24-2, 9-1 SAC)

PITCHING DECISION

• Win: Eli Davis (5-0)
• Loss: Zane Robeaux (4-1)

SCORING SUMMARY

• TOP 2^nd – MACU – Andres Gonzalez homered to right, RBI – MACU 1, OCU 0
• BTM 2^nd – OCU – Frederic Walter homered to left-center, 3 RBI – OCU 3, MACU 1
• BTM 2^nd – OCU – Felix Chenier-Rondeau homered to right, 2 RBI – OCU 5, MACU 1
• BTM 5^th – OCU – Cade Stephens singled to right, RBI; Cross Factor scored – OCU 6, MACU 1
• BTM 5^th – OCU – Cade Stephens scored on a balk – OCU 7, MACU 1
• BTM 5^th – OCU – Chad Pike bunt singled to first, RBI; Peyton Crispin scored – OCU 8, MACU 1
• BTM 5^th – OCU – Frederic Walter doubled to center, RBI; Jesse Fontoboa scored – OCU 9, MACU 1
• BTM 5^th – OCU – Dylan Taylor grounded out to second, RBI; Chad Pike scored – OCU 10, MACU 1
• BTM 5^th – OCU – Noah Barks hit a SAC fly to left, RBI; Frederic Walter scored – OCU 11, MACU 1

TOP PERFORMERS

• Andres Gonzalez – 1-3, HR, RBI, R
• Yan Ely Adames – 2-3
• Joshua Fernandez – 2 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 0 BB, 3 SO

GAME NOTES

• Oklahoma City scored its 11 runs on eight hits while the Evangels scored its lone run on five hits and committed two errors.
• Mid-America Christian opened the scoring in the top of the second when Andres Gonzalez smashed his second home run of the season over the right field fence to make it a 1-0 game.
• MACU starter Zane Robeaux ran into trouble in the bottom of the second as the Stars smashed a pair of home runs, a three-run towering shot to left-center off the bat of Frederic Walter before Felix Chenier-Rondeau smashed a homer to right to make it a 5-1 game.
• Oklahoma City put up another crooked inning in the bottom of the fifth, scoring six runs to extend the Stars edge to 11-1.
• Mid-America Christian struggled to get the bats going against OCU ace Eli Davis, who allowed just one earned run on five hits with one walk and struck out eight batters.
• MACU starter Zane Robeaux suffered his first loss of the season, allowing nine earned runs on five hits with four walks and four strikeouts over four innings of work.
• Yan Ely Adames was the only Evangel bat to notch multiple hits, going 2-for-3 with a pair of singles.
• Oklahoma City won their sixth straight in the series against the Evangels.

UP NEXT

• Mid-America Christian will look to try and bounce back on Saturday as the Evangels will host the Stars in a doubleheader at the MACU Baseball Field with the opening pitch of game one at 1 p.m.